Get an audio tour of the renovated Reds Hall of Fame and Museum on WVXU's Around Cincinnati at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Rick Walls, Hall of Fame executive director, reveals details about the first major upgrade for the Reds' celebration of the 150th anniversary of .
The museum closed Nov. 1 so all 16,000-square feet can be redesigned, repurposed or reconfigured.
Among the additions described by Walls:
- Moving the Hall of Fame plaques into the area where the "Great Eight" life-size statues were exhibited
- Lots of interactive videos allowing visitors to play a video about each Reds Hall of Fame member
- Several thousand baseball cards displayed for the first time in the third-floor exhibition space
- The club's 150-year history will be told in chronological order on the third floor
- The renovations include the Rose Garden south of the museum, where a pavilion honoring the 1869 team will be dedicated in May
The Hall of Fame and Museum will reopen on Opening Day, before the Reds play the Pittsburgh Pirates at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, March 28.
Listen to Around Cincinnati 7-8 p.m. Sunday on WVXU-FM (91.7), WMUB-FM (88.5) and on wvxu.org. After the show airs, I'll add a link to this post.
